מִמְכָּר
mim.kar
sale
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Hebrew word "mim.kar" (Strong's H4465) is associated with the concept of a "sale". This is evident from its definition as "sale". With 10 occurrences in the Bible, it is a less frequent but still significant term in the Hebrew scriptures. The range of usage for "mim.kar" suggests it focuses on the transactional aspect of the sale, implying a change of ownership. It is likely used to describe marketplaces, commercial transactions, or exchanges where one party relinquishes possession to another. The significance of "mim.kar" to a general audience lies in its depiction of a fundamental aspect of human economy: the buying and selling of goods and services. In the Hebrew scriptures, "mim.kar" provides insight into the economic lives of ancient communities, reflecting their dependence on trade, commerce, and market dynamics.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
10 total occurrences across the text
So the merchants and sellers of all kinds of wares camped outside of Jerusalem once or twice.
Ezekiel 7:13For the seller won’t return to that which is sold, although they are still alive; for the vision concerns the whole multitude of it. None will return. None will strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life.
Leviticus 25:14“ ‘If you sell anything to your neighbor, or buy from your neighbor, you shall not wrong one another.
Leviticus 25:25“ ‘If your brother becomes poor, and sells some of his possessions, then his kinsman who is next to him shall come, and redeem that which his brother has sold.
Leviticus 25:27then let him reckon the years since its sale, and restore the surplus to the man to whom he sold it; and he shall return to his property.
Leviticus 25:28But if he isn’t able to get it back for himself, then what he has sold shall remain in the hand of him who has bought it until the Year of Jubilee. In the Jubilee it shall be released, and he shall return to his property.
Leviticus 25:29“ ‘If a man sells a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it has been sold. For a full year he shall have the right of redemption.
Leviticus 25:33The Levites may redeem the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, and it shall be released in the Jubilee; for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel.
Leviticus 25:50He shall reckon with him who bought him from the year that he sold himself to him to the Year of Jubilee. The price of his sale shall be according to the number of years; he shall be with him according to the time of a hired servant.
Deuteronomy 18:8They shall have like portions to eat, in addition to that which comes from the sale of his family possessions.